klooie 2.1.0

klooie

A framework for building GUI applications within any command line that runs .NET. Klooie provides all the things you would expect from a UX Framework.

I'm working on a free video game called cliborg that runs on the command line and highlights many features of this framework.

Binary

klooie is available at the Official NuGet Gallery.

Key Features

Getting Started

Here's a hello world console app that just shows a message on the middle of the screen and waits for the user to press escape before exiting.

The code for this sample is shown below.

using PowerArgs;
using klooie;
namespace klooie.Samples;

// Define your application
public class HelloWorld : ConsoleApp
{
    protected override Task Startup() => LayoutRoot
        .Add(new Label("Hello World! Press escape to exit.".ToOrange()))
        .CenterBoth()
        .FadeIn(2000);
}

// Entry point for your application
public static class HelloWorldProgram
{
    public static void Main() => new HelloWorld().Run();
}

Advanced Features

You can have fun with klooie and build games that are fun to play within the command line.